What are the causes of deforestation?
Deforestation is a process of cutting down trees in the forest. This process can be done on a large scale or small scale. There are many reasons due to which deforestation occurs. Some of them are : a. Agriculture b. Urbanization c. Mining d. fires Forest fires are one of the biggest reasons behind deforestation. Forest fires are of two types. They are natural fire and artificial fire. Natural fire occurs due to the lightning. Artificial fires are started by people for various reasons.